Sergei Lavrov dismisses Ukraine peace plan and UN effort to revive grain deal

Russian foreign minister says Zelenskiy's 10-point proposal to end the war and resumption of exports from Black Sea are not realistic'

Russia's foreign minister has told the UN that Ukraine's proposed peace plan and the latest proposals to revive the Black Sea grain initiative were not realistic".

Sergei Lavrov spoke at a press conference on 23 September after a week of intense global diplomacy at the annual gathering of world leaders at UN headquarters in New York where Ukraine and its western allies sought to drum up support for Kyiv.